Sports in the Glens

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Brandon Barillaro of Alexandria skated with the junior B Glens last season. This year he has moved up to the CCHL as a member of the Hawkesbury Hawks. Here's a tweet a former Glens teammate posted in reaction to Barillaro's first junior A goal, scored Sept. 14 against Kemptville.

The high school football season kicks off tomorrow (Sept. 16) on two fronts, with GDHS/VCI playing at St. Joseph's in Cornwall, starting at 1pm, while Holy Trinity will be at TISS in Brockville for a noon start.

The Gaels and Falcons will then meet on Friday (Sept. 19) in Alexandria. Game time for that one is set for noon.

For more schedule info, including juniors and tier two, and other football coverage, see the Sept. 10 and 17 issues of The Glengarry News.

Defencemen Mario Joly, Jonathan Jasper, Ryan Sullivan and Doug Andress have also signed with the team.

“I’m really happy with what I saw on the weekend,” said head coach Olivier Filion. “The boys came here ready to compete for a roster spot.”

More signings will be announced later on in the week as the River Kings prepare for their third season in Cornwall.

There are still roster spots up for grabs. The River Kings travel to Laval for their first exhibition game on Friday, Sept. 19. The same teams will clash at the Civic Complex on Sunday, Sept. 21 (4 p.m.).

The following weekend, Cornwall plays a home-and-home with Sorel-Tracy. The River Kings are on the road on Friday, Sept. 26 and back on the ice at the Complex on Saturday, Sept. 27 (7:30 p.m.)

“They all know that this year we will go with the players that want to play for the crest in front of the jersey and for the best fans in the league,” said Filion. “We already know that we will have some hard decision to make but that is always a good thing.”

The Alexandria junior B Glens will host a community BBQ and player meet-and-greet on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 11am to 2pm, in the parking lot in front of YIG in Alexandria. Note, this is a new date for the event, which was original scheduled for Sept. 13.

Vankleek Hill and the Hearts have a re-scheduled game to play on Thursday, so they are at 14 matches in the books. All other teams have played 15 games.

Since the game on Thursday will not affect placement in the standings, the September 15th opening playoff round matches will be as follows:​

Hearts vs. McCrimmon in Lochiel (winner A)

Greenfield vs. Glen Nevis in North Lancaster (winner B)

Semifinal round (Sept. 18):

Winner A vs. Vankleek Hill in VKH

Winner B vs. Glen Sandfield at Park South

The semifinals are best-of-three series, with Sept. 22 and 25 reserved for play. The championship series, also a best-of-three, will run Sept. 29, Oct, 2, and Oct. 6 (if needed). Should both semis wrap up in two games, then the finals will be moved up to start on Sept. 25.

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(By Martin Bélanger) The 2014 will conclude on Sunday afternoon at Cornwall Motor Speedway with the very popular Fireball Enduro, an event for all the family with the first race scheduled to start at 2pm.

Along with the Ladies 4 cylinders, the Men’s 4, 6 & 8 cylinders classes, the Mini-Van division was added this year, this new class should be very spectacular. Over 100 cars are already pre-registered as we should expect again our magic number of 300 vehicles ready to race on Sunday.

Pit gates will open at 8am with general admission at noon. The first race is scheduled for 2pm. General admission will cost $12, with children 16 years and under only $2, seniors 65 at $7, and Pit Admission $17.